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Service Personnel (Belize)

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have died in non-combat situations in Belize in each year since the garrison was first established there. [209659]

Mr. Caplin: There has been a British military presence in one form or another in Belize (former British Honduras) since the late 17th Century. In modern times the Regular British Army went to Belize in 1948 and a garrison has been there continuously since this time.

Between 1 January 1984 and 31 December 2004, 27Service personnel died in non-combat situations in Belize. It is not possible to provide information on deaths prior to 1984 as centrally held death records are known to be unreliable. A breakdown of these deaths by year is provided as follows.
 
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Non-combat deaths
19842
19854
19860
19871
19882
19894
19901
19912
19928
19931
19940
19950
19961
19970
19980
19991
2000–040
Total27

Trafalgar Celebrations

Mr. Ivan Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on identifying areas of support his Department can give to ensure the involvement of the Sea Cadet Association in celebrations of the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. [210681]

Mr. Ingram [holding answer 24 January 2005]: The Royal Navy will be providing accommodation and transport around the Portsmouth area, and subsidised food for Sea Cadets participating in the Trafalgar 200 (T200) commemoration programme. Sea Cadets will be actively involved in all T200 events as a visible demonstration of the Past Glories—Future Horizons" theme. It is planned that over the three days the Fleet are in the Solent (the rehearsal day, the review day and the dispersal day) there will be 2,000 cadets on board ships in the Fleet Review, allowing them to experience the Review at first hand. Significant participation is also planned at both the Son et Lumiere and the International Drumhead Ceremony and for the International Festival of the Sea around five hundred cadets will be involved in a multitude of displays. Furthermore, it is planned that places for Sea Cadets will be made available at the St. Paul's Cathedral Service on 23 October and, on the same date, naval cadets will play a key part at the Celebrations in the Square" Grand Finale event in Trafalgar Square.

Training (Overseas Personnel)

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list countries which have sent military personnel to the United Kingdom for military training in each of the last three years; and how many personnel were sent in each case. [209919]

Mr. Caplin: During the last three years more than 12,000 overseas military personnel, from 137 countries, have been trained at UK military establishments. A full breakdown of the numbers trained, by country, is in the following table.
 
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Overseas military personnel trained in the UK

Students trained
Country2002–032003–042004–05Total
Afghanistan77
Albania55717
Algeria4812
Angola224
Antigua and Barbuda2114
Argentina46818
Armenia235
Australia836248193
Austria523561148
Azerbaijan2248
Bahamas4127
Bahrain304434108
Bangladesh1461646316
Barbados34310
Belgium8410595284
Belize21151349
Bermuda18211554
Bhutan22
Bolivia123
Bosnia11
Botswana78520
Brazil871227
Brunei1336556254
Bulgaria12121236
Canada191176140507
Chile5458130665
China2232862
Colombia15511
Croatia44715
Czech (Republic)602917106
Denmark293583147
Ecuador11
Egypt1311933
Eritrea22
Estonia1013932
Ethiopia15410
Falkland Islands33
Fiji1236
Finland818632
France74500144718
Gambia325
Georgia56112
Germany789678252
Ghana15924
Greece485159158
Grenada11
Guatemala63211
Guyana56314
Honduras426
Hong Kong15410
Hungary23261766
Iceland22
India11184069
Indonesia426
Iraq201030
Ireland6210736205
Israel42410
Italy6090143293
Ivory Coast11
Jamaica22191960
Japan44614
Jordan906923182
Kazakhstan347
Kenya25272274
Korea2226
Kosovo6464
Kuwait2584203431,021
Kyrghistan123
Latvia1122841
Lebanon7411
Libya11
Lithuania12261957
Luxembourg1214
Macedonia117220
Malawi1225
Malaysia582447129
Malta1258
Mauritania22
Mauritius56718
Mexico415
Moldova2136
Morocco27817
Mozambique123
Namibia224
Nepal37192480
Netherlands277265193735
New Zealand29242376
Nigeria24201559
Norway297326278901
Oman146204168518
Pakistan563161148
Panama11
Papua New Guinea11
Paraguay22
Peru22
Philippines810826
Poland14141846
Portugal824414140
Qatar604670176
Romania17243374
Russia1981239
Saudi Arabia7575121271
Senegal311418
Serbia and Montenegro1179
Sierra Leone820634
Singapore805761198
Slovakia26182670
Slovenia414321
South Africa20211354
Spain1211831
Sri Lanka2417
St. Christopher/Nevis11
St. Vincent112
Sudan11
Swaziland11
Sweden346536135
Switzerland119323
Syria34310
Tajikistan11
Tanzania45514
Thailand25101247
Tonga22
Trinidad and Tobago3228464
Tunisia369
Turkey364727110
Turkmenistan11
Uganda261119
Ukraine18211352
United Arab Emirates86128332546
Uruguay112
USA224343121688
Uzbekistan171018
Venezuela44
Vietnam224
Yemen872641
Yugoslavia145
Zambia213
Total3,7745,0293,61112,414

 
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CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Casinos

Mr. Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to include existing casinos in the proposed pilots for large and small casinos. [211327]


 
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Mr. Caborn: Existing casinos will have the opportunity to bid for licences to become small or large casinos. If successful, they will be able to operate with all the new entitlements authorised by the new licence.

We wish to ensure that the existing industry is treated fairly, and remain willing to consider suggestions to that end.

Departmental Budget

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the resources that have
 
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been allocated under each departmental heading and subheading in the 2004 departmental report following the spending review 2004 for each year to 2007–08. [203987]

Mr. Caborn [holding answer 13 December 2004]: The information is not yet available in the form that the hon. Member requests it. I have therefore set out in the table, the summary details of the Spending Review for the Department's sectors. The full information requested will be available in the Department's Annual Report which is expected to be published at the end of April.
DCMS Allocations from the 2004 Spending Review
Resource (£000)

2004–052005–062006–072007–08
Museums, Galleries and Libraries549,188578,115596,115620,115
Of which:
Museums and Galleries384,883400,126415,605423,400
Renaissance20,00030,00032,00045,000
British Library120,768124,751126,993129,295
Arts367,921412,996412,996412,996
Of which:
Arts Council367,155412,155412,155412,155
Heritage (incl. Royal Parks)179,578180,858182,358188,858
Of which:
English Heritage121,355122,735124,235125,235
National Heritage Memorial Fund5,000
Quality and Innovation fund for Culture0006,000
Tourism54,14354,61455,61455,614
Of which:
VisitBritain48,58049,05150,05150,051
Gambling3,4782,6842,6842,684
Of which:
Gaming Board3,4782,6842,6842,684
Broadcasting and CI123,660123,151123,151123,751
Of which:
Film Council UK24,15423,54523,54523,545
Sport120,643123,912151,412156,912
Of which:
Sport England81,11887,61687,61687,616
UK Sport27,73829,53229,53229,532
Football Licensing Authority1,1281,2641,2641,264
Other Sport27,50033,000
Total allocations1,398,6111,476,3301,524,3301,566,930


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